Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI), which rose 9.81% or 17.20 points to trade at 192.50 at the close. Guardian Capital Partners PLC (CM:WAPO) added 6.50% or 2.60 points to end at 42.60 and Millennium Housing Developers PLC (CM:MHDL) was up 5.97% or 0.40 points to 7.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which lost 12.54% or 7.90 points to trade at 55.10 in late trade. Ceylon Hospitals PLC (CM:CHL) declined 9.75% or 10.60 points to end at 98.10 and C W Mackie PLC (CM:CWM) shed 6.67% or 3.80 points to 53.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 74 to 57 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.82% or 0.37 to $45.71 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.85% or 0.40 to hit $47.26 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.12% or 14.70 to trade at $1293.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.09% to 182.355, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 148.025.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 97.25.